Notes and stats: Monday night football recap

*Slayton gained 108 yards on just four receptions, his second 100 yards game of the season (122 yards in Seattle) and the seventh of his career.

*Slayton's four catches increased his career total to 249. That moved him past Aaron Thomas (247) and to 17^e place on the Giants' career list. Evan Engram is 16^e with 262.

*Slayton now has 3,744 career yards. He moved ahead of Plaxico Burress (3,681) and Mark Bavaro (3,722) to 19^e place in team history.

*Malik Nabers caught a team-high seven passes for 71 yards. Nabers increased his season totals to 46 catches for 498 yards. Nabers is the third player in the Super Bowl era with more than 40 receptions through his first six career games, joining Barkley (40 in 2018) and the Rams' Puka Nacua (50 in 2023).

*Daniel Jones completed 24 of 38 passes for 264 yards, no touchdowns and an interception on the Giants' final possession. He was fired four times.

*Greg Joseph made all four of his field goal attempts, from 29, 39, 44 and 48 yards. Pittsburgh's Chris Boswell matched him with field goals of 31, 25, 27 and 27 yards.

*Linebacker Bobby Okereke led the Giants with 14 tackles (seven solo) and had their only takeaway when he forced and recovered a fumble by Pittsburgh quarterback Russell Wilson in the fourth quarter.

*The Giants were unable to capitalize as Pittsburgh's TJ Watt forced and recovered a fumble from Jones on the fifth play of the ensuing possession. Jones threw his fifth interception of the season on the Giants' final possession. The ball was intended for Singletary and was cleared by Beanie Bishop.

*Azeez Ojulari sacked Wilson twice. Brian Burns had a 1.0 sack for the fourth straight game. Okereke and Micah McFadden shared the Giants' final sack.

*The Giants' four sacks increased their season total to 35, one more than they had in the entire 2023 season.

*The Giants have fallen to 0-3 in primetime games in 2024. There are currently no more night matches scheduled.

*Pittsburgh won its 22^i.e consecutive home game on Monday evening. The last team to beat them was the Giants, on October 14, 1991.

*At halftime the score was tied, 9-9. It was the fourth time this season that the Giants did not score a first-half touchdown.

* Pittsburgh's Calvin Austin scored the game's first touchdown on a 73-yard punt return with 4:38 left in the third quarter. It was the first punt return touchdown by a Giants opponent since Detroit's Jamal Agnew reached the end zone on an 88-yard runback on September 18, 2017. The special teams touchdown was the first by a Giants opponent since September 10, 2023 . when Dallas' Noah Igbinoghene returned a blocked field goal attempt 58 yards for a score. Juanyeh Thomas blocked Graham Gano's 45-yard try.

*The Giants did not intercept a pass for the seventh straight game.

*The Giants are 26-48-1 on Monday night, including 16-33-1 on the road.

*Christopher Hubbard started at left tackle in his Giants debut. He replaced Josh Ezeudu, who played last week in place of the injured Andrew Thomas, who is out for the season after foot surgery. Hubbard was signed by the Giants on October 18. He previously played for Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Tennessee. The beginning was the 59^e of his career and his first left tackle.

It was Hubbard's first game action since Nov. 19, 2023 for Tennessee in Jacksonville.

* The Giants' inactive players were cornerbacks Cor'Dale Flott (groin) and Adoree' Jacksom (neck), punter Jamie Gillan (hamstring), linebacker Ty Summers (ankle), defensive lineman Jordon Riley, offensive lineman Jake Kubas and Tommy DeVito (third quarterback).

*Flott had started the previous six games. He was replaced by Nick McCloud and rookie Dru Phillips started in the slot. Phillips also played on the outside.

*Defensive tackle Armon Watts and cornerback Greg Stroman made their Giants debuts. Watts, 6-5 and 307 pounds, had two tackles (one solo, one tackle for loss). Before joining the Giants, he played in 72 regular season games with 22 starts for Minnesota, Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Stroman, 5-11 and 180 pounds, was elevated from the practice squad on Monday, which he joined on Oct. 1. He had two solo tackles in extended action in place of Deonte Banks, who did not play in the second half. A six-year veteran, Stroman appeared in 29 games with five starts for Washington (2018-20) and Chicago (2022-23).